Devil's Bride

A Cynster Novel

By: Stephanie Laurens

Narrated by: Simon Prebble

Length: 15 hrs and 26 mins

Publisher's summary

Bold, daring, larger-than-life heroes and feisty, intelligent heroines propel Stephanie Laurens' exciting historical romances. Devil's Bride is rich with engaging plot and sensuous character development.

Governess Honoria Wetherby values her independence. She would rather travel the world than marry and give some man control of her life. Then, one stormy evening, fate changes all her plans. She stumbles upon a mortally wounded young man in the woods. When the stranger dies, she is trapped in a cabin with his body and with his newly arrived cousin, Devil, whom she soon learns is aptly named. He insists that their unchaperoned night together has compromised her honor, and, therefore she must marry him. Tension levels run high as Honoria plots to thwart Devil's marriage plans and tries to help him find his cousin's killer...the same madman who is now plotting to murder Devil.

Narrator Simon Prebble tantalizes listeners as he breathes life into these intriguing characters.

Savor another Cynster novel.

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Critic reviews

"Lush sensuality, deft plotting, and charming secondary characters make this novel a stellar beginning for the Bar Cynster series." (Amazon.com review)

The best of Laurens that started it all!

Laurens's Regency universe of the amazing, fabulously wealthy ducal clan PLUS Simon Prebble's magnificent baritone voice with his consummate acting skill across lines of class, region and gender & unrivaled exposition of passion EQUAL a wonderful listen and re-listen. An excellent use of a credit!

Still a favorite

Though I feel some of the intimate scenes are a bit over the top, Devil and Honoria's story is still one of my favorites. Yes, she refuses him many times before accepting his proposal, as other reviews have pointed out, but it is a part of Honoria's character growth - her catharsis and acceptance of having to deal with and work through the pain and loss of her past. Devil challenges her, just as she challenges Devil and that is why they work and need one another.

Many times I think that we as a society don't want to accept that the people who are best for us are those that help us to grow and reach our potential. Not those who sit idly by and encourage us to stay within our comfort zone.

Long story short, I in no way felt like Devil was ignoring or nullifying her choice. And I think it becomes quite apparent as the novel progresses how they need each other.

And the mystery is well plotted in my mind. All in all, a good start to the Cynster family saga.

Great book

I love this book I think it is one of Stephanie Laurens best books. This original series is better then her latest books. Simon Pebble is a great teader,

The first read in a series that goes on and on

Where does Devil's Bride rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

This is the top of my list, the story and the performance are the best I've heard and I go back often to

What did you like best about this story?

The character development, storyline movement, and twists in the plot.

What about Simon Prebble’s performance did you like?

Simon Prebble is a wonderful reader. Since he will no longer do romance, there will be a great pair of shoes that may never be filled. We will miss him terribly.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

The extreme for me was getting emotionally involved in the characters lives.

Any additional comments?

This is the first in a long series of books by this author and reader. I've kept up with the reads and am waiting on the next to be released early in 2012.

The Cynsters... ah..

Would you consider the audio edition of Devil's Bride to be better than the print version?

One thing I love about this audio with Simon Prebble is the fact that he knows how to pronounce all those words in the print edition that I only thought I knew. Love his voice anyway.

What other book might you compare Devil's Bride to and why?

A Rake's Vow matches up with how well this one is done

What does Simon Prebble bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

English as it was meant to be spoken/heard and proper enunciation and pronunciation

Engaging!!

Well written and narrated! The story pulls you in, full of sensual emotion, desire and strong wills. Not easy to put down!!

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Loved it, only complaint is the narrator used a voice that sounded too old for Devil.

Good story, horrible narration

The story is good, albeit dragged out longer than necessary and with sex scenes that could be cut by half and still offer the same excitement. But the Prebbles narration drove me back to reading the book on my kindle app. His excessively breathy reading, especially his totally over the top versions of the sex scenes are impossible to tolerate. Everything is an EXPLOSION! Plus he makes his female characters all sound like enfeebled wimps. I know others like him. I just can't figure out why. Please please please record this series with Rosalyn Landor or Mary Jane Wells!

Wonderful!

I enjoyed listening to this narrator bring a life a wonderful story. This my first book by this author and I’m looking forward to more stories.

Super story and narration

I enjoyed the story very much and found it hard to put down or in this case hit pause. The characters were superb and I had some steamy dreams about Devil lol. I thought Honoria was perfect too. First time I’m reading this author but will definitely be reading a whole lot more of her books and really hope SP is the narrator for those too.